Boot or shoe



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0. E. LEWIS.

B001 0R SHOE. No, 270,595. Patented Jan. 16,1883.

775%2556/3, ,Mentonf afzandalzw UNrrED STATES ATENT OFFICE.

ORLANDO E. LEWIS, OF COLUMBUS, OHIO.

BOOT OR SHOE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 270,595, dated January16, 1883.

Application med August s, issie. (No moar-.1.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ORLANDO E. LEwls, of Columbus, county of Franklin,State ot' Ohio, have invented an Improvement in Boots or Shoes, of whichthe following description, in

.connection with the accompanying drawings,

shoe embodying my invention, and Fig. 2 a

section thereotl on the dotted line x.

In the manufacture ofthat class of boots and shoespwhenever theoutwardly-turned margin of the upper about the fore partis stitched by asole-sewing machine to the inner or foundation sole it has beencustomary, after stitching the said upper to the said sole outside theupper, to apply the outer sole, and then stitch the upper, the inner orfoundation sole, and the outer sole together outside the row ot'stitches made when the said upper and inner sole were previously united.

It is well known that the stitches which unite an outer and inner solesoon become. worn off when exposed outside the outer sole, and inmachine-work the said soles are then liable to separate. To avoid theseparation of the soles by reason of the wearing away ot' the saidstitches, I have omitted the saidstitches, and in their place haveemployed a series of metal fastenings, nails, or screws, g, which areinserted through the inner and outer soles from side to side at a pointjust within the fore part of the upper, the said metal fasteningsholding the soles securely together under all conditions of wear. Byinserting the metal fastcnings through the outer and inner soles withinthe upper I am enabled to drive the said nails or screws while the bootor shoe is placed upon the horn ofa nail-driving machine, which is thecheapest and most rapid mode of making a boot or shoe; and by having butone row of stitches to unite the upper and sole I am enabled to trim theedge of the sole very close to the seam first made and uniting the upperand inner sole.

The upper a and quarter b, near the end of the counter-stift'ener c,(shown in dotted lines,) are turned outwardly, as shown at a2 b2, andthe said outwardly-turned edges are secured to the inner sole, e, by thestitches d, extended through the upper and inner sole. This done, theouter sole, f, is applied and the boot or shoe placed upon the horno'anailing or screwinserting machine ot' usual construction. The outersole will be secured to theinner sole by the row of fasfenlngs g,preferably cable-screwwire fastenlngs, which are extended through theouter and -inner sole inside the row ot' stitches d, and not, as hereinshown, through the upper.

sole.

I claim- As an improved article of manufacture, a boot or shoe composedof the outwardlyturned upper, the inner sole connected there- `with bythe line ot" stitches d, and the outer scribln g witnesses.

ORLANDO E. LEWIS.

Witnesses: y

G. W. GREGORY, GEO. M. FINCKEL.

The outer sole, g, protects the stitches d, which secure the upper andinner

